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Ms PHAM THI LAN HUONG (MAY)
Head of Engineering, Real Estate
& Construction Group
+84 (0) 978 39 39 93
Huong.pham@adk-lawyers.com
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Brief Introduction
Ms. Huong Pham is a partner in charge of a group of lawyers specializing in investment and business consulting at ADK Vietnam. With more than 12 years of in-depth experience in investment consulting, mergers and acquisitions projects in the field of Renewable energy including solar energy, onshore and nearshore wind power; Real estate with investment in all types of real estate including but not limited to office buildings, residential areas, resorts, apartments and urban complexes; Construction includes but is not limited to participating, coordinating with authorities throughout the process of compensation and site clearance and monitoring the progress of projects on paper and in practice; Intellectual property specialized in registration, protection, assignment and transfer of the right to use industrial property; and regular business activities of the enterprise.
Based on each client's requirements, legal position and market role to provide advice in line with compliance and risk management principles from the setup phase to the actual launch of the project, including advice on investment access, transaction structure, transaction negotiation, legal due diligence, necessary legal paperwork. At the same time, consulting and providing solutions for business activities of enterprises after establishment in order to increase business value with intangible assets, expand business activities by franchising, handle communication crisis, or proceed with the procedures to transfer all or part of the project afterwards.
As a full developed lawyer, Huong Pham does not limit her capacity in in-depth consulting services on internal corporate governance activities, including participation in shareholder meetings, the board of directors, as well as experience in crisis management between businesses and senior staff as an independent consultant.
Work Highlights
M&A Transaction
undertaking legal due diligence, producing detailed legal advice on restructuring, capital structure and relevant procedures in Vietnam to support the Shanghai investor acquires 100% of the contributed capital of a leading steel company in Vietnam, owning land use rights of more than 50,000m2 located in VSIP IIA, Binh Duong province, Vietnam with an agreement value of about USD 5,000,000.
undertaking legal due diligence producing detailed legal advice on restructuring, capital structure and relevant procedures in Vietnam for the acquisition of 90% of shares in a general clinic in Tan Uyen District, Binh Duong Province by a Malaysian investor, of which the construction land area about 3,000 m2, and transaction value up to USD 3,000,000,000.
undertaking legal due diligence, producing detailed legal advice on capital structure and relevant procedures in Vietnam and assisted China investor in acquiring 100% of the contributed capital of a limitedcompany operating in the production and wholesale of agricultural products with land use rights of more than 3 hectares in Binh Duong province, Vietnam under the agreement worth about USD 2,000,000;
advising and supporting a German developer as one of the world's leading companies in the area of renewable energy with a strong regional presence, for its transfer of the entire right to survey, invest and exploit a Wind Power Plant with power generation capacity at 15MW in Binh Thuan province, Vietnam to the purchaser as a Vietnamese investment group;
consulting and supporting US investors undertaking legal due diligence to buy back 60% of contributed capital in a tourism service company in Bac Lieu Province to develop an urban center project in Bac Lieu Province with an area of more than 1,3 ha;
providing detailed legal advice Vietnamese shareholders on capital structure with many complex loan offsets and cash flows, conducting legal due diligence and negotiating with the remaining foreign shareholders to buy back all of their 70% shares, thereby owning 100% of the shares of a large media company in Vietnam.
IPO
Consulting for a special purpose vehicle company (SPV) incorporated in Malaysia under Vietnamese law in connection with the application to Bursa Securities and Securities Commission Malaysia for an initial public offering and listing of its entire issued share capital on the Main Market of Bursa Securities
Construction & Real Estate
participating, coordinating with authorities throughout the process of compensation and site clearance and monitoring the progress of projects on paper and in reality, to set up a closed complex project consisting of 04 large projects including an industrial park project with the development of a modern industrial factory with an area of 4 hectares, adjacent to projects including residential area, entertainment area and commercial center with a total area of 33 hectares in Long An province, Vietnam for a Singapore financial group lasting;
consulting on commercial structure, setting up a set of model contracts for a large resort real estate project stretching along the South Central Coast, Vietnam;
representing the investor throughout the process of negotiating, preparing legal procedures, drafting/reviewing construction contracts with contractors and completing completion procedures for 100 factories which are built in Vinh Loc II industrial zone, Long An, Vietnam;
advising on handling direction for the Government Inspector's decision on land acquisition decision of the Government Inspector related to the land area of 908,741 m2 belonging to the complex of sports and residential project in Ho Chi Minh City;
Internal Administration
Participating in labor mediation between the largest pharmaceutical corporation in Vietnam and a group of senior personnel to avoid escalation of disputes
Membership
• A member of the Bar Association of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Professional Qualifications
- Certificate of Completion of the online course HLS2X: Contract Law from Harvard University (2021)
- Lawyer Practicing Certificate (2016)
- Certificate in Real Estate Management, University of Economic, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2012)
Education
- Joining in the Master of Law Course, Ho Chi Minh University of Law, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2016)
- Bachelor of law, Ho Chi Minh University of Law, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2011)
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